Thank you for your generous support

At Marsh Chapel our mission is to be “a heart in the heart of the city and a service in the service of the city.” Your gift to Marsh Chapel supports our ministry, music, hospitality, and student programs. We greatly appreciate your support as we expand our Voice, Vocation, and Volume in service to the Boston University community and beyond.

Please call us if you have any questions at 617-358-3390, or email Director Heidi Freimanis-Cordts at hrf@bu.edu.

How to Give

Planned Giving

Planned gifts have an enormous and lasting impact on Marsh Chapel & Religious Life and are critically important to ensuring that we continue to fulfill our core mission, to be a heart for the heart of the city and a service in the service of the city.

Planned gifts also form part of an overall financial plan that can provide you with significant benefits. For example, planned gifts can help you maintain control of your assets during your lifetime, take advantage of a number of tax benefits, leave a legacy at Marsh Chapel, and possibly even provide income to yourself or others during your or their lifetime.  Access a free personal estate planning guide and other tools to help you explore how a planned gift can work for you.

More Ways to Give

There are many different forms your gift can take depending on your goal, including:

  • Adding a bequest provision to your will and donating your full or partial estate to Marsh Chapel
  • Adding Marsh Chapel as a beneficiary to the residual of your retirement plan or life insurance policy
  • Creating a charitable gift annuity that will provide you with income during your lifetime and then pass on to Marsh Chapel
  • Supporting Marsh Chapel and your family with a charitable remainder unitrust, charitable remainder annuity trust, or charitable lead trust

For more information please visit this Boston University’s Planned Giving Department’s website or contact Patricia Castaldo MacKinnon, Assistant Vice President of Planned Giving, Boston University Development and Alumni Relations at castaldo@bu.edu or by Phone at 617-353-9156.